Definition
Relating to or promoting egestion; of or concerning the discharge of waste matter.
Etymology
From Latin 'egestus' plus the -ive suffix meaning 'tending to' or 'relating to.' This creates a formal adjective for describing things connected to waste elimination.
Kelly Says
The suffix -ive transforms scientific verbs into descriptions—just as 'digest' becomes 'digestive,' 'egest' becomes 'egestive,' creating a consistent pattern throughout medical terminology.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Digestion
di-jes-shun
BNবাংলা
প্রশ্রয়
pro-shroy
CACatalà
digestiu
di-je-sti-u
CSČeština
trávicí
tra-vi-tsi
DADansk
fordøjelses
for-doej-el-ses
DEDeutsch
egestiv
e-ge-sti-v
ELΕλληνικά
διατροφικός
dia-tro-fikos
ESEspañol
digestivo
di-je-sti-vo
FISuomi
ruokinkäyttö
roo-ki-kan-tay-to
FRFrançais
digestif
di-je-sti-f
HEעברית
השתלטות
his-te-lat-ut
HUMagyar
emésztő
e-mes-tö
IDBahasa Indonesia
pencernaan
pen-cer-na-an
ITItaliano
digestivo
di-je-sti-vo
KMKM
ប្រតិបត្តិ
pra-tip-pat
MRMR
निष्कासन
nish-ka-san
MSBahasa Melayu
pencernaan
pen-cer-na-an
NLNederlands
verterend
ver-ter-end
NONorsk
fordøyelses
for-doej-el-ses
PLPolski
trawienny
tra-vee-en-ny
PTPortuguês
digestivo
di-je-sti-vo
RORomână
digestiv
di-je-sti-v
RUРусский
пищеварительный
pishcheva-ri-tel-nyy
SVSvenska
smältande
smält-an-de
SWKiswahili
kucha
koo-cha
TAதமிழ்
செரிமானம்
se-ri-ma-nam
THไทย
ระบบย่อยอาหาร
ra-pet-yoy-a-han
TLTL
pag-a-asim
pa-g-a-a-sim
TRTürkçe
sindirim
sin-di-rim
UKУкраїнська
травний
tra-v-nyy
VITiếng Việt
tiêu hóa
t-ieu-hoa